Cheltenham Poetry Festival online poetry lounges
a feast of poetry in your own home.
Since 2020 we have been offering on-line poetry lounges featuring acclaimed international poets along with an open mic session. Our popular Zoom readings feature some of the finest, and most important, writers in the world, as well as providing a stage to new and emerging poets.
Our popular and well attended online events enable the whole community to enjoy the power of poetry. Those who are unable to attend the in-person festival, for physical or logistical reasons, can participate in lively, inspiring activities and can read their work and feel heard.
In the last two years we hosted a plethora of phenomenal international poets including:
Fran Lock, Tom Branfoot, Claudine Toutoungi, John Glenday, Jonathan Davidson, Rebecca Watts, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Samatar Elmi, Hiram Larew, Dzifa Benson, Victoria Kennefick, Katrina Naomi, Rishi Dastidar, Mario Petrucci, Richard Skinner, Safia Elhillo, Charlotte Shevchenko-Knight, Alycia Pirmohammed, Julia Webb, Kathryn O’Driscoll, Rachael Clyne, Karen Downs-Barton, Julia Bell, Ness Owen, Shazea Quraishi, and Sarala Estruch.
Our events are community building, empowering, inspiring, cerebrally stimulating and very friendly.
Please join us online for the best poetry and some beautifully bardic company!
Check our events page to read about what we have coming up.
